LOL thank you!! It's not just watercolours; it's coloured pencils too I have a somewhat recent tutorial (not of this particular picture though; just this technique in general) if you haven't already found it [link]

AHHHH in the midst of writing an essay right now and wanted to take a break by going on dA for a bit and I just HAD to comment on this AMAZING fanart!! Immediately when I saw it I fell in love-it's soo awesome!! The colors and the realism and LINK (loove his cape!)! And i really enjoy your background! It really captures the openness and adventurous feel you get playing Zelda! This piece really gives me a nostalgic feeling and I just really love it! The title is perfect!!

Thanks so much! Quite a few people have said it gives them a nostalgic feeling, which I'm really glad about, because that's how I feel seeing it too XD Glad you like the cape haha [I partly did it because it looked cool, but partly because drawing him sitting in the saddle was too hard LOL]

You're so welcome! Haha yay it's such a great feeling when people feel/think the same thing you do about your own artwork! Ive been obsessed with capes for awhile now and when I saw that (and well it flowed in the wind haha) I fell in love XD HAHHA I do that all the time!

This makes me SO happy. Seriously, and I can't believe it was just done with watercolor and colored pencils!! Did you mix the two together in some areas, like the sky and the land? And did you use a special kind of paper on this or a canvas?

aw i'm really glad to hear that! ^^ I've done watercolours as a base, and then coloured pencils over the top for the details. The sky is mostly watercolours, but some of the clouds are emphasised a bit with white pencil. The distant landscapes are all watercolour. The foreground grassy hill Link and Epona are on is obviously watercolours, but then I've used coloured pencils for detail in the grass. Link and Epona are coloured this same way. I have a tutorial (of a different picture though) if you're interested in my technique [link]

As for the paper, it's not canvas, it's a very large sheet of smooth watercolour paper I bought at an art shop